News on GSE Forest Monitoring

 
 
 
MAY 2008:  GSEFM at the Scandinavian GMES Land user workshop

Links between national and European land cover mapping activities within a future Land Monitoring Core Service (LMCS) have been presented and discussed in Stockholm at the Scandinavian GMES Land User Workshop. Existing and potential future forest services were presented to Member State users and European-level stakeholders.



APR 2008:  GSE FM and Climate Change

The UK Office of Climate Change who are preparing the Eliasch Review on Climate Change for the UK Government requested a contribution to their report on the GSE FM REDD Cameroon Pilot Project. The Eliasch Review will be completed in June 2008, and follows the Stern Review of 2007.



APR 2008:  GSE FM Phase 3 starts

The Phase 3 of the GSE FM started on 1 April 2008, and all partners notified that whilst this marks the completion of the ESA supported GSE FM, the continuation of the services is envisaged via various other programmes such as the EU FP7 and activities for the post-Kyoto Protocol REDD process. Thus the successful completion of the Phase 3 is important and any new activities related to the sustainability of the programme are welcome.

The UEB produced the second GSE FM Newsletter in the first quarter of 2008; also contributions were made to the GSE Land Newsletter from the GSE FM.



FEB 2008:  GSE FM finishes Phase 2 successfully

The Phase 2 Annual Review Meeting was hosted by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in Copenhagen from 9-11 Jan. 2008. All key partners attended and several users who actively supported the meeting discussions. The User Executive Body (UEB) had a parallel session and reported back on key user issues for consideration such as invitation of new users, continuation of the GSE FM Newsletter and participation in GNU.
 
All deliverables for Phase 2 completion had been submitted so this phase was closed successfully. Plans for continued activities in a post-GSE FM period were priority discussion on the Agenda and several options via the EU FP7 programme as well as the post-Kyoto REDD process were discussed.